A vacant building in Rego Park has some complaining that the structure is a major eyesore.
The commercial strip on Woodhaven Boulevard, between 63rd Road and Dana Court, has rental signs along its windows.
Until recently, scaffolding covered almost the entire block.
“Of course there’s a problem,” a source said. “There’s been problems for years.”
The source, granted anonymity, who identified himself as a former employee of Bridie’s, a bar and grill on the boulevard, said scaffolding had covered the entire block for more than a year-and-a-half. He said the structure was intended for work on nearby apartment buildings, but repairs were ever conducted.
A business last called the building home about four or five years ago, the source said. Bridie’s, the only establishment on the block, has suffered, the former employee added.
The For Rent signs that cover the windows advertise “restaurant, medical, retail, or office space.” Calls to the phone number on the signs reach an automated message system.
Keystone Management, a California-based real estate company, controls the building under High Point Associates LLC, according to a Department of Buildings (DOB) spokesperson. Representatives for Keystone, owned by developer Daniel
Shalom, had not returned calls for comment by The Courier as of press time.
The vacant building has received a number of violations from the DOB and the Environmental Control Board (ECB), in recent years.
It has four unresolved ECB violations, according to the DOB spokesperson. These deal with plumbing work without a permit, failure to maintain a boiler, maintaining building walls and miscellaneous boiler problems.
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